Doug
I usually get into trouble when I start thinking, but
it make me wonder, it this caused from landings or from shimmy
Dave McCorquodale
----- Original Message -----
From: Kayberg@aol.com
To: lightning-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Re: spar/gear bracket
In a message dated 3/16/2010 10:44:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
corky@hbci.com writes:
Guys
Has anyone had a problem with the spar bracket--NO do you have
Esquals, NO.
Do you think maybe this guy might have had some very bad landings? I
guess
yes.
This was meant for Buz because he has an Esqual, sorry I put it out
for the
Lightning group, two different airplanes.
Dave Mcc
We replaced a spar box on an Esqual at Green Landings. The gear had
broken lose on both sides and was a disaster waiting to happen. The
small tubes had broken or cracked, the sockets were lose and floppy. I
believe it was the stainless steel box. Not a good design.
Yes, it could have been bad landings, but the gear did not bend.
>From a design perspective, I think it is important that the gear bend
and deform long before damaging the box and cabin structure. Did not
happen that way in the Esqual.
FWIW
Doug Koenigsberg
